SOLD Mother and Daughter, Marvelous Early 19th Century Folk Art Watercolor in Lemon Gold Frame small ocarina and also is not quite

and also is not quite a perfect square

He went on to teach at the Worcester Art Museum and Clark University for 43 years

I really love his marching posture

first birds and then"the human condition in all its moods and shapes" as described by Lyle Elder

There's such a wealth out there of amazing Japanese Netsuke--finely carved miniature sculptures that traditionally functioned as sliding beads or toggles securing the cord attaching a sagemono

SOLD Mother and Daughter, Marvelous Early 19th Century Folk Art Watercolor in Lemon Gold Frame small ocarina and also is not quiteSwoon. I am quite loathe to part with this one, the best of its ilk I've had in my possession I do believe, and 100% my sort of thing. C. 1820s American I believe, purchased from one of my favorite dealers and friends at New Hampshire Antiques Week. I am forever in search of just this sort of early folk art watercolor, and know from my searching that examples like this are both hard to come by and very dearly priced and what better subject than a